Comparison

FlyOut vs Pushbuddy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FlyOut

Features
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You don't open TikTok because you decided to. Your thumb does it on autopilot. FlyOut puts a pause between the urge and the tap, long enough to choose. FlyOut is a calm screen time app with a shield inside. Instead of a blunt lockout, you get a pause, a breath, and a 77-day plan that has a last day. HOW IT WORKS โ€ข Shield your apps. Block Instagram, TikTok or anything else on a schedule, on a daily time limit, or by location (home, office, gym). Built on Apple's Screen Time framework: no Shortcuts, about two minutes to set up. โ€ข Breathe before you decide. When a shield fires, a 90-second breathing practice meets the urge instead of a countdown. The urge peaks and passes. Then you choose: stay out, or open the app on purpose. โ€ข Start a focus session any time. A timed block for when you need to concentrate. It runs on the lock screen and ends itself when the time is up. โ€ข Follow the 77-day plan. One short step a day, unlocked each morning, nothing to binge. Reflections, practices and a private journal for what you notice. The research behind the length: habits go automatic at a median of 66 days (Lally et al., UCL), and 77 leaves room to miss a few. โ€ข Keep a streak three ways. A day counts if you did your plan day, wrote a line in your journal, or left your shields alone. Nothing to buy back, nothing to defend. MORNING TO NIGHT โ€ข Mornings start with you. Turn on morning protection and your apps wait until you have said where the day should go: the areas you care about, today's tasks, and the shields that hold them. โ€ข Evenings come back to you. After eight, a shield stops sending you to the feed and walks you to tonight's reflection instead. Two minutes a night, and the weekly recap shows what the week was actually made of. โ€ข Your first day, walked through. After setup, a short guided tour shows how one FlyOut day fits together, from the morning plan to the evening note. HONEST BY DESIGN โ€ข Your progress survives updates and reinstalls. Streaks sync and merge, they don't vanish. โ€ข Snooze exists. FlyOut never bricks your phone and never locks you out of what you actually need. โ€ข Real stats only: pickups caught and time inside apps. No inflated "time saved" math. โ€ข The way back into an app always costs the same thing, a breath, and never money. There is no strict mode to buy and no emergency unlock for sale. WHO IT'S FOR Adults whose phone use runs ahead of them: the 9pm couch scroll, the pickup with no message behind it, the "just five minutes" that isn't. If the built-in limits with their Ignore button have never once stopped you, you already know why the pause has to come with a breath. PRIVACY Blocking runs on-device through Apple's Family Controls. Your journal is private. We don't sell attention back to you. Get your evenings back. Your first shield is free: set it tonight and see what the pause gives you. Terms of Use: https://flyoutapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://flyoutapp.com/privacy-policy

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Pushbuddy

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Pushbuddy blocks the apps that eat your day. To get them back, you do something real. Pick what you lose hours to. Pushbuddy shields it. The shield lifts only when you have earned minutes โ€” and minutes come from push-ups, squats, jumping jacks, a walk, or focused work. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose what to block โ€” any app, any category, any website. 2. Earn minutes with a habit. Your camera counts the reps on device. 3. Spend them: 15, 30 or 60 minutes. The shield returns when time is up. WHAT A HABIT BUYS โ€ข 10 push-ups โ€” 15 minutes โ€ข 15 squats โ€” 15 minutes โ€ข 30 jumping jacks โ€” 15 minutes โ€ข 1,000 steps โ€” 10 minutes โ€ข 25 minutes of focus โ€” 25 minutes, one to one. Work never buys more scrolling than it cost. โ€ข 240 minutes a day, hard cap. You cannot bank a whole day and defeat the point. Lock early and the unused minutes come back to you. Changing your mind is not punished. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES โ€ข Time in locked apps, today by the hour and this week by the day โ€” tap any bar for the exact time. โ€ข How often you reached for a locked app this month, and whether it is falling. โ€ข Every push-up, squat, step and focused minute you have put in. REPS ARE COUNTED, NOT CLAIMED On-device pose detection watches you move, so the phone has to actually see the work. No video is recorded, saved or uploaded. Steps come from your iPhone's own motion sensor. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account, ever. Camera frames are processed live and never recorded or uploaded. Pushbuddy never learns which apps you picked. The only thing that leaves is anonymous usage counts โ€” no advertising ID, no profile. PRICE Free for 7 days with everything unlocked. Then one payment, once. No subscription, nothing to cancel. Pushbuddy uses Screen Time permission to shield your apps, and hands them back on your terms.

Screenshots

FlyOut4 screens
Pushbuddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

FlyOut and Pushbuddy are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. FlyOut sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Pushbuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlyOut ships an update every 6 days, Pushbuddy every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
FlyOut versus Pushbuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlyOutPushbuddy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.118.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size70 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenys SemerychDhruwang Jariwala

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FlyOut

Subscriptions2
  • FlyOut Premium โ€” Focus Week$5.997 Days
  • FlyOut Premium โ€” Focus Year3 Days trial$59.991 Year
1 purchases

Pushbuddy

One-time1
  • Digital Detox Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is FlyOut free?
FlyOut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pushbuddy free?
Pushbuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FlyOut or Pushbuddy have ads?
Neither FlyOut nor Pushbuddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlyOut or Pushbuddy?
FlyOut ships an update every 6 days, and Pushbuddy every 4 days. Most recently, FlyOut was updated on October 16, 2026 and Pushbuddy on October 16, 2026.

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